Lug strap hanger



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Patented Feb. 8, 1949 UNITED STATES aPATENT ()FFICE LUG STRAP HANGERFrank Buchanan, 'Guntersville, Ala.

Application October 13, 1947, Serial No. 779,625

1 Claim. 1

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements in lugstrap hangers for the picker stick of a loom and more particularly to ahanger which can be readily applied to and adjustable on an ordinarypicker stick and which will efiectively support the lug strap in amanner to reduce wear on the strap as well as on the stick, therebyprolonging the life of this part of the loom. 7

An important object of the present invention is to provide a lug straphanger which extends upwardly behind the picker stick to reinforce thelatter and which is adjustable on the picker stick to increase ordiminish the delivery of power for throwing a shuttle operated by thepicker stick.

Another object of the invention is to provide a lug strap hangerembodying means for securely attaching the hanger to the picker stick bya single bolt and nut.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is strong and durable, whichmay be easily and quickly attached in position to a picker stick withoutnecessitating any changes or alterations in the construction thereof,and which at the same time is efficient and reliable in operation andotherwise well adapted for the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a rear elevational view showing the lug strap hanger securedin position to a picker stick;

Figure 2 is a side elevational view thereof;

Figures 3 and 4 are transverse sectional views taken respectively on thelines 3-3 and 44 of Figure 2, and

Figure 5 is an enlarged perspective view of the hanger.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein for the purpose ofillustration I have disclosed a preferred embodiment of the inventionthe numeral 5 designates the lug strap hanger generally which comprisesa rigid bar 6 having a pair of vertically spaced apart plates 1 and 8suitably secured adjacent its upper end, the plates proselectivelyreceiving a bolt and nut In for securing the bar adjacent its lower endto the rear edge of a picker stick II.

The side edges of the bar 6, in the region of the openings 9, are formedwith forwardly extending lugs or flanges l2 positioned at the oppositesides of the picker stick to hold the hanger in an upright position atthe rearedge of the picker stick.

A lug strap 13 of conventional construction extends forwardly atopposite sides ofthe picker stick with its rear end held between theplates 1 :and 8. A leather pad 14 is suitably secured to the rear edgeof the bar 6 between the plates 1 and 8 to reduce shock between the lugstrap l3 and the picker stick.

The lower end of the bar 6 is formed with a rearwardly extending hook IEon which the rear end of a strap i6 is engaged to extend forwardly underthe lower end of the picker stick for attaching to the usual returnspring H.

The bolt l0 secures the picker stick H as Well as the hanger 5 to thesupport or stand l8 by means of the conventional shoe structure l9.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that the hanger 5 may be securedin vertically adjusted position at the rear edge of the picker stick IIby the single bolt and nut I0 and by adjusting the hanger upwardly ordownwardly on the picker stick the delivery stroke subjected to theshuttle may be regulated. The lug strap i3 is engaged at its rear endbetween the upper and lower plates 1 and 8 of the bar 6 and is looselyengaged therebetween to provide for the vertical adjustment of thehanger.

The simplified construction of the hanger enables manufacture thereof atrelatively low cost and eliminates the use of separate attachable partswhich might become loose or broken during the operation of the loom. Theprovision of the single attaching. bolt and nut Ill provides an easy andquick method of attaching the hanger to the picker stick.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of theconstruction, operation and advantages of the device will be quiteapparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description isaccordingly deemed unnecessary.

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprestick, a single attachingmeans for the lower end 10 of the bar, and means carried by the bar andengaging the picker stick to hold the bar in a perpendicular position,said first named means comprising upper and lower vertically spacedapart guard plates carried by the bar and projecting rearwardly andlaterally at each side of the bar, and a pad carried by the bar betweenthe guard plates and positioned between the lug strap and the bar.

FRANK BUCHANAN.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are 0i record in the file ofthis patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 325,350 Logan Sept. 1, 1885821,058 Prescott May 22, 1906 1,288,926 Kohler Dec. 24, 1918 151,565,182 Meroney Dec. 8, 1925 1,641,873 Tahan Sept. 6, 1927

